Several Pike County criminal cases involving child exploitation and molestation have been moved to Upson County courts because they cannot be heard in the current courtroom, which was moved to the Pike County alternative school because of courthouse construction. Convicted sex offenders are prohibited from being on school property. In Georgia, sex offenders cannot live, work or loiter within 1,000 feet of any school, childcare facility, school bus stop or place where minors congregate.
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Pursuant to an open records request, the Spalding County sheriff’s office has released an incident report and three officer narratives stemming from a June 12 altercation in which an off-duty Griffin police officer was shot.
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A Lamar County man who works as a City of Griffin police officer was shot in the hip during a domestic altercation in Spalding County June 12.

Officer Chad Moxon was off duty when the incident occurred at a residence located at 4768 Old Atlanta Road. According to Spalding County tax records, the home there is owned by James Lawrence Scott of Molena.
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The off-duty Griffin police officer who was shot in a domestic disturbance in Spalding County was a Lamar County man who handled a police dog that was killed here in 2009, The Pike County Journal Reporter has learned.
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A 33-year-old Spalding County man is missing and authorities are asking for the public's help in locating him.

UPDATE:Reports began surfacing on social media Tuesday night that Landers had been found dead in an area reservoir. The Journal-Reporter has confirmed he was found dead in an area off West Teamon Circle. There is a large reservoir in that area.[Full story »]